But I saw the old man exhaling a breath, and he was brushing tung oil with a small brush, and said meaningfully: "When people are dying, they have their own sufferings. Some people were in severe pain, as if thousands of knives were cutting, and some people's faces were blue, and their chests were like pressing stones. There are also people who are obviously missing a breath, but that breath can never be broken......"

"They seem to have closed their eyes, they seem to have been lying peacefully in the coffin, and even the filial sons and grandsons have begun to cry and kneel next to the coffin to show filial piety."

"But the filial sons and grandchildren don't know that the elders lying in the coffin are not dead......"

"He's not dead, he's just going to take his last breath. However, this last breath is the greatest pain before death. ”

"I can't struggle, I can't speak, obviously I can't breathe, but he is actually alive."

"And that last breath of breath that can't be stopped may be the punishment for something evil he has done in his life."

"This evil thing may be so small that he doesn't even realize that he has done evil, but the retribution in the dark makes him suffer before he dies."

When the old man said this, he glanced up at Zhang Jingxu, and asked meaningfully: "Zhang Wazi, let me ask you, if someone helps at this time, the dying person in the coffin can be relieved in an instant, and he will no longer have to suffer crimes, and he can go peacefully...... So if you talk to your uncle, is this good or bad? ”

Zhang Jingxu frowned, unable to answer for a while.

After a long time, he took a deep breath and said, "You go on first." ”

The old man smiled and nodded.

He trembled and brushed the tung oil, and continued in a pale tone: "The coffin maker of the old man's ancestors has been passed down for seven or eight generations, and he has only figured out one kind of magic in total, which is to borrow the life of the dying person. ”

"I borrowed very little, just borrowed the little time when I was dying, and this time is nothing more than drinking a cup of tea for normal people."

However, this effort of drinking a cup of tea is a great torture for the dying. They were in severe pain, their chests were heavy, and they knew they were going to die, but they couldn't wait for them to die. ”

"When a man is alive, he looks forward to life, and when he is dying, he looks forward to death only."

"So, I borrowed his life, he was peaceful, and there seemed to be rules in the dark, and there would be merit to do this......"

When the old man said this, he laughed, he looked at Zhang Jingxu meaningfully, and asked, "Zhang Wazi, tell me, obviously I borrowed their lives, why would heaven and earth give me merit?" ”

Zhang Jingxu slowly exhaled a breath, pondered for a long time, and replied slowly: "The dying person, suffering, although this may be God's punishment for inadvertently doing something evil in his life, but God is broad and magnanimous, and he cares more about redemption in the dark......"

After a slight pause, he replied again while thinking, and said: "When the coffin maker borrowed his life, he also helped the dying to be freed. And to be free from suffering is to redeem them, and this is a great thing. ”

Uncle Liu laughed and said, "So, your answer is good? ”

Zhang Jingxu's eyes were clear, he looked at the old man sincerely, and said solemnly: "Zhang understands now, uncle, you asked me three questions earlier. And my answer now is the answer to your first question. ”

He paused as he spoke, and then said solemnly: "My answer is that the life of the dying person, even if it is only the life of the last breath, is also fortune telling. It's just that the coffin maker took advantage of his life to redeem him from his pain, so that he could breathe and die peacefully...... This matter, good. ”

Uncle Liu laughed again, but tears flashed in the corners of his eyes in the laughter, and then asked, "So, does this matter violate the laws of the imperial court?" ”

Zhang Jingxu pondered for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Zhang has just become a head catcher, and he is not familiar with the laws of the imperial court. ”

Yun Jingshu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, and said with a solemn expression: "There is no such precedent in the laws of the imperial court. Since the law does not stipulate it, then it is not considered a violation of the law. ”

Zhang Jingxu turned his head to look at her, then looked at Uncle Liu again, and said softly: "Did you hear, it is not a crime if the law is inconclusive." ”

"Good!"

Uncle Liu's face was full of relief.

He stretched out his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes, muttered to himself, "After listening to your conclusion, the old man can be regarded as enlightened." After so many years, the old man has really been tortured in his heart. Although I know that I am freeing others, I am borrowing their lives at the same time as freeing others. In other words, I killed him......"

He sighed as he spoke, and muttered again, "Whether this is right or wrong, I have been feeling guilty for so many years. ”

Zhang Jingxu's voice unconsciously became gentle, and he said softly: "Being able to feel guilty shows that you are always introspective." Zhang suddenly feels that you may not be weird now......"

Uncle Liu shook his head slowly, and said with a bitter face: "No, you are wrong, the old man himself knows very well, and I am already full of ominous." Maybe sometime, I'll be vicious. ”

Zhang Jingxu hesitated slightly, and asked tentatively: "Since you can borrow the number of lives, and get merit when you borrow your life, it is said that it is common to accumulate over the years, you should be able to clear away the weirdness on your body, right?" ”

After a pause, he asked again: "Unless there is a possibility that you borrowed the number of lives and did not use them yourself, but gave them all to others, you will not be able to save yourself." ”

"It reminds me of the third of your three questions. Just now you asked me loudly: If you didn't use your life for yourself, then would I let you go......"

"It's an obvious question, you've definitely given your life to someone else, right?"

When Zhang Jingxu said this, he solemnly looked at the old man in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Liu, let's talk about it, how many lives have you borrowed in the past fifteen years, and who have you given these borrowed lives to?" As a cultivator, Zhang must make this matter clear and clear, in his position and seeking his own government, I can not hurt a good person, but I will never let go of a wicked person......"

"There is one more thing, Zhang also wants to ask, I already know your method of borrowing lives, but what is your method of giving away other people's lives?"

"To tell you the truth, Zhang was very vigilant about this matter, and when I came over with the official this morning, a young man found something very strange. He told me that you have a strong rat smell in your house. ”

Zhang Jingxu said, a sharpness flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "And the smell of this rat happened to have appeared in another place, so Zhang had to doubt, Uncle Liu, you and that ......"

However, before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a voice outside, with a gloomy, as if he felt inexplicably guilty, and said: "You don't have to test again, everything is answered by the old man." I am the one who borrowed his life, and the same is true of the rat of which you speak...... I. ”

With this voice, the footsteps in the courtyard approached, and soon the light at the door dimmed, and a burly figure walked in.

Zhang Jingxuan turned around.

The next moment, dumbfounded.

What he saw was a man with hairy hands and feet like a mouse, and Zhang Jingxu was very familiar with this person's appearance.

I just met this morning......

As he guessed.

The county government jail catches the head, Sun Dashan.

……

There has long been a guess that Zhang Jingxu should not be stunned, and the real reason for him to be like this is a person squatting on Sun Dashan's shoulder.

It was actually a rat, to be exact.

It has a human body and sound limbs, but one of its faces is clearly the face of a mouse.

It's weird!

Zhang Jingxu took a deep breath.

Sun Dashan's hands and feet are hairy, and his face is a normal person's face.

The rat squatting on his shoulder, but his hands and feet are like ordinary people.

Is this the reverse string?

Or is it hybridized?